Lady Ice

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour and gouache, 2008.

The first painting of the new year! Inspired by the cold and icy weather we are having at the moment...

A spirit of winter,Lady Ice wanders the night, her ice jewelled dress and scarf leaving a sparkling frosty trail accross the land.

Boreas ACEO

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour and gouache, 2008.

Boreas was the god of the north wind and bringer of winter in greek mythology. He was one of the Anemoi, the gods of the winds, whose parents were Eos and Astraios (the dawn and dusk gods). He was strong and bad tempered. He fell in love with an Athenian princess, Oreithyia, but after refusing his advances, he kidnapped her by wrapping her up in a cloud and whisking her away, raping her and fathering four children by her.